Event #9 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic was a $200 + $30 + $100 NL Hold’em Bounty tournament that attracted a total of 222 players, adding to a “traditional” prize pool of $43,068.00 – the rest of the money from the buy-in was represented by $100 Bounty chips that are not tracked. This prize pool was distributed among the top 23 finishers in the event according to the following table.
Note there was a player deal at 5 players remaining. They chose to reserve $850 and the trophy for the winner and distribute the rest of the prize pool by ICM chop. These figures are represented in the results table, and this accounts for why the payout for 2nd was more than 1st – that player had more chips when the deal was made, however did not eventually win as the tournament played to a conclusion.
| Rank | Pos | First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Name | Prize | Bourse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick | Nickoletopoulos | $6,998.00 |
| 2 | Sebastien | Drolet-Poitras | $7,205.00 |
| 3 | David | Beaulieu | $5,571.00 |
| 4 | Christian | Rho | $4,302.00 |
| 5 | Arthur | W | $5,162.00 |
| 6 | Pierre | Andre Prevost | $2,240.00 |
| 7 | Sebastien | Khoury | $1,670.00 |
| 8 | Sergio | Iannetti | $1,250.00 |
| 9 | Qiang | Dong | $930.00 |
| 10 | Robert | Amireault | $700.00 |
| 11 | Sako | Marashlian | $700.00 |
| 12 | Mathieu | Ducharme | $640.00 |
| 13 | Christopher | Roger | $640.00 |
| 14 | Nadiya | Aifaoui | $590.00 |
| 15 | Daniel | Pepin | $590.00 |
| 16 | Mitchael | Ferguson | $550.00 |
| 17 | Bill | Kontaratos | $550.00 |
| 18 | Mathieu | Brunet | $500.00 |
| 19 | Karim-Olivier | Kamal | $500.00 |
| 20 | Sebastien | Morin | $460.00 |
| 21 | Brian | Pinheiro Lopez | $460.00 |
| 22 | Name | Withheld | $430.00 |
| 23 | Christopher | Savov | $430.00 |
was in a dominating spot, however Philippe caught a runner runner flush with 
on a 
board to secure his double-up.
board, but not enough to overcome the pocket pair of his nemesis, and was eliminated in 5th place. A $235,000 prize is waiting for him at the cash as he adds yet another final table score to his impressive resume.
. He had set a trap and was now a big favourite to win the biggest pot so far in this tournament, over 430 million!
, a strong hand for a limped pot on a short-handed table – and with so much to win in the higher payouts, he knew Niall wouldn’t be willing to risk his stack with anything but a premium. Niall definitely had it this time with pocket Kings, however and Ace reared it’s head on the 
board to send him off this final table in 6th place. He collected a solid $160,000 payday for his deep run, however like most poker players in his spot, he is surely feeling some disappointment for not remaining in the running of becoming the first partypoker Million North America champion.
